It all started one day when I "randomly" (quotations to note that nothing in life is random, just an unfolding of our journey) stumbled upon a man on YouTube who dubbed himself: "The Life Regenerator." Here was a man, shirtless, with long hair, living out of his trailer, speaking about JUICING VEGETABLES and its benefits, as he hacked away at a coconut and juiced his greens.
He spoke about the healing properties of leafy greens, and the easily accessible nutrition by juicing them. Stripping away the fiber allows the body to absorb the liquid nutrition within minutes. The body does not need to expend the energy in digesting the fiber, which in return, gives you an extra boost of energy.
Think about this. Have you ever consumed a cooked meal and felt bloated afterwards? Felt tired? Or felt unsatisfied? When we cook foods, we are processing them, destroying most of the nutrition that it contains. The life energy and enzymes that are needed to properly breakdown the foods in your body are also destroyed. When we take a plant source that has not been heated or processed in any way, we are utilizing its full potential as a source of nutrition and vitality.
This information struck me with such magnitude that I began questioning our food source.
There are many arguments that suggest cooking and consuming meat allowed us to evolve and sustain for this long. My goal is to open up the idea of what nutrition really is. To allow you to question what is produced as our food source. And to suggest consuming more RAW VEGETABLES AND FRUITS in its natural state into your lifestyle.
We live in a world that is utmost unnatural. We suffer from so many ailments, physically, mentally, and emotionally. An unbalanced state of mind will not allow us to become our true potential, or true happiness in life. Neither will a sick body. I believe that reverting back to basics, to nature, is essential. We live in such a modern society and have lost touch with nature, but WE ARE ESSENTIALLY NATURE. And I believe that being conscious of what we consume will allow many truths to reveal itself. Connect us back to our center, to peace.
We should question what is presented before us as food. Commercials are made to lure you, claiming to fulfill your needs, but PROCESSED FOOD IS NOT A SUBSTITUTION FOR LIFE, HAPPINESS. The more processed something is, the more it has an effect to harm you. **The effects of rancid oils, chemical additives, flavor enhancers, etc. can appear in many forms: through digestive issues, skin conditions, headaches, diabetes, breeding cancer, and an overall lack of energy and happiness.**
There is a saying, "There is no money in health." But I say as long as we are CONSCIOUS of the choices we make, it doesn't matter what is presented before us.
Our food source should come from the Earth, and juicing vegetables is a great way to start. Incorporate it as a lifestyle choice, not a dietary choice.
Hippocrates had stated, "Let thy food be thy medicine..." and I could not have said it better.
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